Indian Government Told Airlines to Make Fares Public

Dec. 10, 2010 - PRLog -- DGCA (or the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has asked all Indian carriers to submit their airfares to the public within 48 hours. Indian government stated that it needs the airfares of all domestic airlines operating in India to be made public. This is to pacify the travelers who feel cheated by the expensive prices of the airfares set by these airlines.

If news sources are to be believed, then many airlines are planning to hike their prices by 200-300 percent despite the government’s disapproval. Officials from the Ministry of Civil Aviation addressed all domestic airlines, full service airlines and no-frills airlines in the beginning of this month. They asked carriers to provide “a copy of the route-wise established tariff on the first of the calendar month”.

A DGCA official stated, "A 10-35% hike is understandable due to increased demand but fares can't double or triple in a year. We do not desire to interfere in setting fares but we can't allow exploiting of passengers through exorbitant fares".

Popular Indian domestic airlines like Jet Airways and Kingfisher were demanded to make their price list public through daily newspapers or websites. Many airlines have already agreed to comply with the government’s request.

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